A/BSA Changes Name to BSU
The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance is now the Black Student Union (BSU), following internal discussions of the organization’s connection to the communities it serves. Active BSUs exist at other UC campuses and universities around the world, from New York University to Oxford, England. The organization believes...
Private Developer Chosen for Student Housing West
UC Santa Cruz’s moved forward this week in developing the Student Housing West (SHW) project, which will bring 3,000 beds to campus. The SHW planning committee chose Capstone Development Partners as the private company to participate in the public- private partnership (P3) model, a way...
Santa Cruz Removed from Harm Reduction Bill
When a news article naming Santa Cruz County as a potential safe drug consumption site reached the attention of the Board of Supervisors, board members were shocked. Within days, before any committee or awareness meeting could be formed, city activists filled the mailboxes and voicemails...
Living in Silence
While other UC Santa Cruz seniors are anxious to find a job after graduation, Antonio’s* biggest concern is being able to live in the only home he has ever known — the U.S. He is one of 800,000 undocumented residents whose future in the next...
Sacred Site Slated for Development
Juristac, which translates to the “Place of the Big Head,” is the Amah Mutsun Tribe’s most sacred site, said chairman of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) Valentin Lopez. It’s a landscape of rolling hills in Santa Clara County where the Amah Mutsun once held...
UC sues over President Trump’s Decision to Repeal DACA
The University of California filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its acting secretary Elaine Duke on Friday, claiming President Donald Trump’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program violates the the rights of DACA recipients. The lawsuit asks the...
Finding Hope in the Dark
Hans Albertsen said he always finds himself back in Santa Cruz because it is the one place he can find peace. Even though the city has changed significantly since he lived here in the ’70s, he said as a chronically houseless person he is still...
Opening the Door on Student Housing West
UC Santa Cruz College, Housing and Educational Services (CHES) has over $1 billion worth of problems and only $300 million with which to solve them. From Kresge College’s $170 million renovation, Crown College residence hall renovations and many others across campus — the problems aren’t...
UCOP Announces Review of Interference Allegations
The UC Board of Regents announced on Monday a “fact-finding review” will investigate allegations made by the state auditor, Elaine Howle, that the UC Office of the President (UCOP) interfered with confidential surveys. The audit alleged four UC chancellors, including UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George...
MSA Iftar Creates Community
Ramadan is a time to fast — to not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset every day. Once the sun sets, the fast is broken with an “iftar,” a community meal that brings families and friends together. Ramadan falls on the ninth month of...